This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter xxii legends and myths that may be illustrated by designs in rugs 15Y limiting the subject to the selection of those legends, and those alone, which have found illustration in symbolic design, and have passed from that to pattern with a gradual loss of meaning, we may select some about which ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter xxii legends and myths that may be illustrated by designs in rugs 15Y limiting the subject to the selection of those legends, and those alone, which have found illustration in symbolic design, and have passed from that to pattern with a gradual loss of meaning, we may select some about which there is sufficient authority and evidence to incite us to the study and analysis of forms that have become what they are more naturally than we would at first suspect. Such, for example, are the legends, both sacred and secular, about flowers, trees, birds, animals, colours, etc, which have appealed through the ages to the myth-loving peoples of the Orient. With acknowledgments where it is possible to secure the permission of compilers and writers, we may gather together, for purposes of comparison, a few of the vast number of myths and stories which have materially influenced the patterns of rug-weaving people. The modern student oftentimes finds it possible to interpret a design which the weavers themselves did not understand, because their work has to them been only an idle copy of a lifeless pattern which to us is evidently an evolved design which once was symbol. One by one these forms are being traced, and it is wise to insist repeatedly upon the principle we have avowed, of never trying to force meaning into design, but to wait for it to awaken recognition in our intelligence. By a definite mental process we become equipped, before we are aware, with power to discern the Oriental methods of manifesting thought in art. Foremost among flower forms the lotus lifts its regal head, supreme from east to west throughout the Orient, where
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Add this copy of The Oriental Rug Book to cart. $15.00, good condition, Sold by G. J. Askins - Bookseller rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New Lebanon, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1936 by Tudor Publishing Company.
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Good. No Jacket. 51/2x81/2. 310 page hardcover with many illustrations (2 color plates, 44 b/w, and over 100 in the text). Exterior is blue decorative cloth with title and rug design in gold on front cover and spine. Interior has prior owner name on front free endpaper and a few checkmarks in index, otherwise unmarked, tight and clean. Some light foxing on endpapers.
Add this copy of The Oriental Rug Book to cart. $19.45, fair condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1936 by Tudor Publishing Company.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1250grams, ISBN:
Add this copy of The Oriental Rug Book to cart. $25.00, very good condition, Sold by Old Scrolls Book Shop rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Stanley, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1904 by Frederick A Stokes Company.
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Very Good+ No Dustjacket. Book New York: Frederick A Stokes Company, 1904. First Edition. Very Good+/No Dustjacket. Decorated American trade binding. Very clean red buckram cloth boards with oriental design on cover, gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. No fraying or wear. Pages and edges are clean. Color frontis illustration with clean tissue guard. Tasteful custom-printed bookplate on front free endpaper. Well illustrated with drawings and photographs. 310 pgs. with index.
Add this copy of The Oriental Rug Book, With One Hundred and Sixty-Four to cart. $25.00, very good condition, Sold by Brentwood Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Kinnelon, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1904 by Frederick A Stokes Company.
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VERY GOOD. First printing (stated: "Published in November, 1904"). Brick red hardcover with black and gold oriental rug design on front cover, heavy cloth cover, 310pp. Very slight cover wear except bottom of spine is worn away to the level of the textblock, gold lettering on spine is quite faded but legible. Name, address, and date (1904) on first page, otherwise unmarked. Sound binding. Pages have slight ripple. **We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING WITHIN USA.
Add this copy of The Oriental Rug Book to cart. $50.00, good condition, Sold by SmarterRat Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chagrin Falls, OH, UNITED STATES, published 1904 by Frederick A. Stokes Company.
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Good; No jacket. 1904 Frederick A. Stokes Company. Leather bound. First Edition. No additional printings listed. "Published November, 1904". NOT ex-library. Hardcover is half-bound (spine, first third of cover and corners) in red leather with gilt ruled borders over salmon cloth. Salmon and cream marbled endpapers. Spine has five raised bands with gilt rectilinear decorations on four panels and gilt lettering on two panels. Top edges gilt. Deckle fore and bottom edges. Color frontispiece with tissue guard. One hundred and sixty-four illustrations, 8 in color with tissue covers. Binding tight. Front hinge has very small (one-half inch) crack just starting. Corners and spine edges of leather rubbed. Boards exposed on tips. Bands have some light rubbing. Very light surface rubbing. Despite the external wear, the interior is in excellent condition, apparently unread with many unopened pages, still uncut at bottom edges. Pages clean and unmarked. 310 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. First Edition.
Add this copy of The Oriental Rug Book to cart. $55.00, good condition, Sold by Richard Burlew rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Trumansburg, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1904 by Frederick A. Stokes.
Add this copy of The Oriental Rug Book to cart. $55.00, good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1904 by Stokes.
Add this copy of The Oriental rug Book to cart. $64.07, new condition, Sold by Booksplease rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Southport, MERSEYSIDE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2015 by Arkose Press.
Add this copy of The Oriental Rug Book to cart. $67.05, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2015 by Arkose Press.
